Episodes
July 21, 2022
The Excitement Continues - A JWST Update
Space Nuts Episode 314 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Andrew: Hello once again. Andrew Dunkley here from the Space Nuts podcast. Hope you can join us on episode 314, where I'll be joined by Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large, to...
July 14, 2022
JWST First Image Released - It Doesn't Disappoint
Space Nuts Episode 313 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Andrew: Hello. Andrew Dunkley here from Space Nuts. Hope you can join us on episode 313 where I'll be joined by none other than the good Professor Fred Watson, astronomer at large....
July 7, 2022
Gliding Across Mars
Space Nuts Episode 312 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Andrew: Hello, Andrew Dunkley here from the Space Nuts podcast. And joining me every week is Professor Fred Watson astronomer at large. What's coming up Fred on episode 312.
Fred:...
June 30, 2022
A Moon Mystery
Space Nuts 311 Show Notes
June 30, 2022
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 311 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Andrew: Hello there. My name is Andrew Dunkley from the Space Nuts podcast, where we talk astronomy...
June 23, 2022
Questions, Questions, Questions
Space Nuts Episode 310 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Andrew: Hello there. My name is Andrew Dunkley from the Space Nuts podcast, where we talk astronomy and space science. And every week, I'm joined by Professor Fred Watson, astronomer...
June 16, 2022
Micrometeroids & UAPs
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 309 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
Andrew: Hi there. Andrew Dunkley here, the host of the Space Nuts podcast.
Hope you can join us on this episode because we got a lot to talk...
June 9, 2022
Sonification - The Sounds of the Universe
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 308 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Sonification – the beautiful sounds of our Universe. To hear more and find out more about the project visit https://chandra.harvard.edu/sound/...
June 2, 2022
Mars Uranus & Neptune
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 307 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•On Mars…Ingenuity continues to break records. So what’s it’s lifespan now?
•Still on Mars…they’ve now worked out why the red planet is...
May 26, 2022
Inbound - Asteroid 73351989JA
Space Nuts Episode 306 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Two near-earth asteroids that we’re keeping an eye on
•The Hubble Constant and our ever-expanding universe - issues have arisen, that are mystifying cosmologists. Fred has the...
May 19, 2022
Sagittarius A - Imaged At Last
Space Nuts Episode 305 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Breaking news – UAP senate inquiry underway…
•At long last they’ve imaged Sagittarius A - the black hole at the centre of our galaxy. Much excitement ensued…Fred has details and...
May 12, 2022
Beware The Black Widow Binary
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 304 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•The Black Widow Binary
•An exciting new citizen science project…and how you can be involved….for more information visit...
May 5, 2022
Saluting SOFIA
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 303 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•The James Webb Telescope is in the news again and we have an update. It’s all good news…
•We offer up a salute to SOFIA with the announcement...
April 28, 2022
Mars Quakes
•The biggest Mars-quakes ever recorded. So, what does this tell us about the red planet? Fred explains…
•More from mars -the Perseverance Rover recorded an eclipse as it happened. More valuable data was gathered as a result.
•The winds of Mars…what...
April 21, 2022
Weird Neptune
Space Nuts 301 Show Notes
April 21, 2022
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 301 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•He couldn’t make it for Episode 300 (prior engagements) but he’s snuck in for 301. Say hello to...
April 14, 2022
300 - A Celebration
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 300 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•An interview with Andrew and Fred conducted by Marnie Ogg, host of Dark Sky Conversations podcast (you really should subscribe) and Fred’s...
April 7, 2022
Born In A Very Different Way
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 299 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•An unusual planet formation discovery – a planet that’s born in a very different way. Fred explains.
•A spacecraft that’s going to be built...
March 31, 2022
Exoplanet Atmospheres - What We're Looking For
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 298 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•What should we be looking for in the atmosphere of Exoplanets to see if they support life or not? Fred explains.
•The speed of sound on mars....
March 24, 2022
Grand Opening
Space Nuts Episode 297 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Finally, some of the Apollo samples brought back to Earth 50 yrs ago have been opened. But why now? Fred explains the significance…
•A black hole merger…finally we may have an...
March 17, 2022
An 'Out Of This World' Discovery
Space Nuts Episode 296 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•‘An Out of This World Discovery’ – three groups of exo-planets have been discovered forming around a binary star. Fred explains…
•A US astronaut is about to hitch a ride home from...
March 10, 2022
Solar Coronal Loops
Space Nuts 295 Show Notes
March 10, 2022
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 295 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Coronal Plasma Loops…new research suggests they aren’t real, they don’t exist. So, what’s the...
March 3, 2022
Asteroids
Space Nuts Episode 294 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Asteroids – One that hit China some 50,000 years ago. So why are we talking about it today? Fred has the answers.
•Plus a potential asteroid strike on planet earth narrowly...
Feb. 24, 2022
It's Raining Gems
Space Nuts 293 Show Notes
February 24, 2022
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 293 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•An exoplanet discovered with unusual rain…gemstones.
•A James Webb Telescope update.
•A...
Feb. 17, 2022
About that Coronal Mass Ejection Event
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 292 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•A Coronal mass ejection event has destroyed a bunch of Starlink satellites. So how does that happen? Fred explains.
•Andrew’s been on short...
Feb. 10, 2022
Our Trojan Asteroid Friend
Astronomy, Science, Space, and Stuff.
Space Nuts Episode 290 with Professor Fred Watson & Andrew Dunkley
•Planet Earth has picked up a trojan asteroid as our newest companion. Fred has the details.
•We revisit Oumuamua (or the Space Doogie as...